Šafta ḏ-Pišra ḏ-Ainia (, "Exorcism of the Evil Eyes") is a Mandaean text used to protect against the evil eye.Yamauchi, Edwin M. (1967). Mandaic Incantation Texts. New Haven: American Oriental Society.
Manuscripts There are at least 4 or 5 extant manuscripts of Pišra ḏ-Ainia.
Drower Collection (DC) manuscripts held at the Bodleian Library DC 21 was copied by Sheikh Faraj (Adam br Iahia br Adam Zihrun) for E. S. Drower in December 1935 and contains 803 lines. It was published by Drower in JRAS No. 4 (Oct. 1937). Erica Hunter published an analysis in 2013. DC 29 was purchased by Drower from Shaikhs Nejm and Yahia in November 1937. (Full transliterated text from the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon) Rbai Rafid Collection (RRC) manuscripts held in Nijmegen, NetherlandsMorgenstern, Matthew. New Manuscript Sources for the Study of Mandaic. In: V. Golinets et al. (eds.), Neue Beiträge zur Semitistik. Sechstes Treffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Semitistik in der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vom 09.–11. Februar 2013 in Heidelberg. AOAT, Ugarit Verlag. RRC 1E RRC 3K was copied at Shushtar in 1080 A.H. (1669-70 A.D.). It is the oldest surviving Mandaic magical manuscript currently known to international scholars. MS Berlin
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External links Full transliterated text of DC 29 from the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon